Senate, House agree on recalibration bill
By Carrie Haderlie Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Legislature’s K-12 public school funding recalibration bill is headed to the governor. On Thursday, the Senate voted 31-0 to unanimously concur with the House’s position…
Highway Patrol Association hopes raises will alleviate retention crisis
By Ivy Secrest Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers made headlines over the past few weeks when an advocacy campaign revealing the agency’s struggles with funding, retaining staff and maintaining a safe…
Wyoming just wrapped up its warmest winter ever, surpassing Dust Bowl records
• Snowfall records hit new lows and temperatures soared to new highs at almost every station in the state. By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com From Lander to Sheridan, Laramie to Evanston and almost everywhere in between, the 2025-26 winter officially…
Shoplifters face stiffer penalties
CODY (WNE) — The penalties for misdemeanor theft were effectively doubled by the legislature last week. SF007 increased the maximum penalties for individuals convicted of stealing less than $1,000 worth of goods. The senate file raised the maximum imprisonment…
House, Senate vote to approve state budget
By Carrie Haderlie Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — After hundreds of proposed amendments and several late nights in the Capitol this session, lawmakers have adopted a compromise 2027-28 biennium budget and sent it to…
2026 legislative budget session reaches bill crossover period
By The Sheridan Press staff Via- Wyoming News Exchange SHERIDAN — The Wyoming Legislature has reached the midway point of the 2026 Budget Session, which began on Feb. 9. Tuesday marked the final day for bills to receive a…
House approves Hathaway Scholarship increases
By Carrie Haderlie Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — A bill to increase Hathaway Scholarship award amounts for the first time in a decade has passed both chambers of the Wyoming Legislature. The House of…
Under plea deal, alleged wolf tormentor Cody Roberts to face 18 month probation, $1,000 fine
By Christina MacIntosh Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Cody Roberts, the Sublette County man charged with felony animal cruelty for allegedly bringing a wolf into a Daniel bar, plans to take a plea deal. Under…
Gordon weighs in on $170M difference in chamber budgets
By Noah Zahn Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — The Senate and House of Representatives have both put forth budgets to fund the state of Wyoming over the next two years, and as of Monday,…
House committee passes two Medicaid-related bills
By Carrie Haderlie Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Despite one lawmaker’s suggestion that Medicaid patient ambulance services be paid for with one-cent sales tax funding, a House committee voted Monday to increase the Medicaid rate…